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	While the star system in which Port Maxient was built, GHE848, contains no planets, that is not the case for the surrounding systems. The station was built where it was to aid in the telescopic observations of the Oldlight Exo-zone, and thus, it was ideal for there to be no astronomic bodies to obstruct the telescopes and cameras. For military purposes, this is less helpful, although it does mean that the station has unobstructed fields of fire towards all possible approach vectors.		While the star system in which Port Maxient was built, GHE848, contains no planets, that is not the case for the surrounding systems. The station was built where it was to aid in the telescopic observations of the Oldlight Exo-zone, and thus, it was ideal for there to be no astronomic bodies to obstruct the telescopes and cameras. For military purposes, this is less helpful, although it does mean that the station has unobstructed fields of fire towards all possible approach vectors.

	The nearby systems are not entirely abandoned. The Navy has learned of several small void constructs built by Imperial hands in them. These are generally built by Rogue Traders to serve as private caches of goods and equipment outside the squabbling Port. Beyond them, in the Oldlight Exo-zone proper, the Navy knows of at least twelve systems where human and alien pirates lurk within eleven light-years of the border of the ~~Astronimican~~-detectable regions of space. While non-Navigated Warcraft are able to travel a distance defined only by their ship’s supply of consumables, the pace is slow enough that evading them is easy. Thus, while the Navy does go flatten these pirate bases from time to time, they know full well that there is no real way to secure them for good.		The nearby systems are not entirely abandoned. The Navy has learned of several small void constructs built by Imperial hands in them. These are generally built by Rogue Traders to serve as private caches of goods and equipment outside the squabbling Port. Beyond them, in the Oldlight Exo-zone proper, the Navy knows of at least twelve systems where human and alien pirates lurk within eleven light-years of the border of the Astronomican-detectable regions of space. While non-Navigated Warcraft are able to travel a distance defined only by their ship’s supply of consumables, the pace is slow enough that evading them is easy. Thus, while the Navy does go flatten these pirate bases from time to time, they know full well that there is no real way to secure them for good.


	==Attributes==		==Attributes==

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	# The third was another wave of assorted, mongrel aliens, this time with humans in the crew. This attack came in from the darkness beyond the border of the Exo-zone, and resulted in a protracted ship battle. In M41.313, the forces of Battlefleet Cloudburst, local defense ships, nine Rogue Trader fleets, and a few mercenaries hired by the Sector Overlord, engaged and battled the swarm of over two hundred small alien vessels that had besieged Port Maxient. The aliens had not successfully landed vessels on the huge station, but upon the arrival of sufficient Imperial assets to repulse them, the alien fleet commander locked out the controls of his subordinates’ ships, directed them to ram the station, and made his escape. The station was nearly destroyed, but tireless repair efforts by the Adeptus Mechanicus managed to stave off utter catastrophe. The entire Defense Monitor contingent of the station was lost in the battle.		# The third was another wave of assorted, mongrel aliens, this time with humans in the crew. This attack came in from the darkness beyond the border of the Exo-zone, and resulted in a protracted ship battle. In M41.313, the forces of Battlefleet Cloudburst, local defense ships, nine Rogue Trader fleets, and a few mercenaries hired by the Sector Overlord, engaged and battled the swarm of over two hundred small alien vessels that had besieged Port Maxient. The aliens had not successfully landed vessels on the huge station, but upon the arrival of sufficient Imperial assets to repulse them, the alien fleet commander locked out the controls of his subordinates’ ships, directed them to ram the station, and made his escape. The station was nearly destroyed, but tireless repair efforts by the Adeptus Mechanicus managed to stave off utter catastrophe. The entire Defense Monitor contingent of the station was lost in the battle.
	# The fourth was a teeming horde of Ork Freebootaz. This attack, alone of the five, was one for which the Imperium had had some warning before it occurred, in M41.898. An Ordo Xenos Inquisitor in the Inquisitorial Palace of Maskos had foretold the attack using a pack of psi-crystal Tarot cards. After taking care to decipher the message, the Inquisitor directed a fleet of Inquisitorial ships to reinforce the startled Port Maxient flotilla. It was nearly not enough. When the aliens came, they slammed into the station’s defenses with the force of a storm. This fleet was five times the size of the one that had nearly conquered the station before. As Imperial and Mechanicus ships trickled in to reinforce, the balance of power slowly tipped in the favor of the human combatants, but it was by no means a sure thing. The fighting continued for over seven months of non-stop space combat. The war came to a sudden end when the Imperial Battlecruiser ''Aquillian Gold'' managed a fluke bridge hit on the Ork command ship ''OrdgargZak'', which rammed the station after the Warboss leading the attack suddenly died in the explosion. The surviving Ork ships broke and ran, pursued by weary Adeptus Mechanicus Basilikon Astra vessels.		# The fourth was a teeming horde of Ork Freebootaz. This attack, alone of the five, was one for which the Imperium had had some warning before it occurred, in M41.898. An Ordo Xenos Inquisitor in the Inquisitorial Palace of Maskos had foretold the attack using a pack of psi-crystal Tarot cards. After taking care to decipher the message, the Inquisitor directed a fleet of Inquisitorial ships to reinforce the startled Port Maxient flotilla. It was nearly not enough. When the aliens came, they slammed into the station’s defenses with the force of a storm. This fleet was five times the size of the one that had nearly conquered the station before. As Imperial and Mechanicus ships trickled in to reinforce, the balance of power slowly tipped in the favor of the human combatants, but it was by no means a sure thing. The fighting continued for over seven months of non-stop space combat. The war came to a sudden end when the Imperial Battlecruiser ''Aquillian Gold'' managed a fluke bridge hit on the Ork command ship ''OrdgargZak'', which rammed the station after the Warboss leading the attack suddenly died in the explosion. The surviving Ork ships broke and ran, pursued by weary Adeptus Mechanicus Basilikon Astra vessels.
	# The fifth and final major attack came fifteen years later, in M41.913, from a foe the Imperium has not seen before nor since. The assault came from beyond the border, as the third had. Examinations of the ship hulls encountered in the battle by the Deathwatch against their extensive hull categorization database on Watch Fortress Dascomb have revealed nothing of the origins of this mysterious fleet. Larger than any attack save the fourth, it consisted of well over a hundred small ships and a few larger ones, and attacked the station after emerging from the Warp just inside its sensor range. The full strength of Battlefleet Cloudburst responded, albeit piecemeal, and the aliens were repulsed, but over seven thousand of them managed to board the station before then. Days of bitter fighting between Skitarii and Naval provosts, and the alien attackers, followed. The end result was the destruction of the hideous crab-like aliens and their fleet, but nearly as bad ~~was~~ the friendly fire incidents between Naval provosts and the Skitarii they caught using Radium weapons in Naval sections of the station. Only the direct intervention of the Adeptus Arbites prevented the fighting between the ostensible allies from escalating into a larger shooting battle.		# The fifth and final major attack came fifteen years later, in M41.913, from a foe the Imperium has not seen before nor since. The assault came from beyond the border, as the third had. Examinations of the ship hulls encountered in the battle by the Deathwatch against their extensive hull categorization database on Watch Fortress Dascomb have revealed nothing of the origins of this mysterious fleet. Larger than any attack save the fourth, it consisted of well over a hundred small ships and a few larger ones, and attacked the station after emerging from the Warp just inside its sensor range. The full strength of Battlefleet Cloudburst responded, albeit piecemeal, and the aliens were repulsed, but over seven thousand of them managed to board the station before then. Days of bitter fighting between Skitarii and Naval provosts, and the alien attackers, followed. The end result was the destruction of the hideous crab-like aliens and their fleet, but nearly as bad were the friendly fire incidents between Naval provosts and the Skitarii they caught using Radium weapons in Naval sections of the station. Only the direct intervention of the Adeptus Arbites prevented the fighting between the ostensible allies from escalating into a larger shooting battle.

	The disputes and conflicts over the history and operation of the station, and even its name, have reached lofty ears. While the Senate of the High Lords of Terra initially did not regard the platform as being one of any real consequence, given the larger demands on their time, it has grown in size and power since then. The sheer power of Port Maxient now, and the ever-fluctuating jurisdictional battles and expenditures it has caused, have begun to provoke discussion on Terra and Mars. To simply abandon the station, or rewrite its Arbites-approved charter, would be unthinkable, but the Senatorum Imperialis is unlikely to allow the situation to grow much worse without intervening. The last thing the High Lords want to care about now is a childish rivalry between two parties who should know better. Perhaps predictably, the Lord High Admiral Ultima and Lord Fabricator General of Mars have taken opposing sides in the political bickering that has arisen. Time alone can tell how long they choose to allow the locals in the Cloudburst backwater to squabble and spend on something so utterly irrelevant to their mission.		The disputes and conflicts over the history and operation of the station, and even its name, have reached lofty ears. While the Senate of the High Lords of Terra initially did not regard the platform as being one of any real consequence, given the larger demands on their time, it has grown in size and power since then. The sheer power of Port Maxient now, and the ever-fluctuating jurisdictional battles and expenditures it has caused, have begun to provoke discussion on Terra and Mars. To simply abandon the station, or rewrite its Arbites-approved charter, would be unthinkable, but the Senatorum Imperialis is unlikely to allow the situation to grow much worse without intervening. The last thing the High Lords want to care about now is a childish rivalry between two parties who should know better. Perhaps predictably, the Lord High Admiral Ultima and Lord Fabricator General of Mars have taken opposing sides in the political bickering that has arisen. Time alone can tell how long they choose to allow the locals in the Cloudburst backwater to squabble and spend on something so utterly irrelevant to their mission.

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	Along the outer edges of the sensor range of the Port itself, which are substantial thanks to its endless upgrades, hang fifteen smaller stations. Docking with Port Maxient is an ordeal for ships above a certain beam, even with the Mechanicus’s continual attempts to make itself a more desirable trading partner for passing ships, looking to sell treasures of the Exo-zone. For small shipping concerns that can’t afford Maxient’s pricy long-term berths, the best option is one of the outer platforms.		Along the outer edges of the sensor range of the Port itself, which are substantial thanks to its endless upgrades, hang fifteen smaller stations. Docking with Port Maxient is an ordeal for ships above a certain beam, even with the Mechanicus’s continual attempts to make itself a more desirable trading partner for passing ships, looking to sell treasures of the Exo-zone. For small shipping concerns that can’t afford Maxient’s pricy long-term berths, the best option is one of the outer platforms.

	These platforms, classified as Deep Void Cargo Rigs in the nomenclature of the Administratum, consist of a few docking umbilicals with electric train tracks inside of them, connected to massive gravity-controlled cranes. These cranes offload cargo from docked ships, load them onto the trains, and send them off to a central storage hub. The hub is the largest part of the Rig, and consists of a ~~massive~~ pressure-sealed storage block, where hundreds of thousands of kilograms of cargo containers can be slotted neatly into cubes of steel and plastic. There, the cargo can sit for as long as the deliverer pays for it to sit, for pickup from other ships. Given how well-defended Port Maxient is, these Rigs are the preferred place for long-term storage of non-perishable goods on the frontier. Captains can rent a slot in the Rigs for their goods for a reasonable price, or to simply be magnetized to the outer hull of the Rig for far less, at the risk of radiation exposure.		These platforms, classified as Deep Void Cargo Rigs in the nomenclature of the Administratum, consist of a few docking umbilicals with electric train tracks inside of them, connected to massive gravity-controlled cranes. These cranes offload cargo from docked ships, load them onto the trains, and send them off to a central storage hub. The hub is the largest part of the Rig, and consists of a pressure-sealed storage block, where hundreds of thousands of kilograms of cargo containers can be slotted neatly into cubes of steel and plastic. There, the cargo can sit for as long as the deliverer pays for it to sit, for pickup from other ships. Given how well-defended Port Maxient is, these Rigs are the preferred place for long-term storage of non-perishable goods on the frontier. Captains can rent a slot in the Rigs for their goods for a reasonable price, or to simply be magnetized to the outer hull of the Rig for far less, at the risk of radiation exposure.

	The first ten of the Deep Voids are these Cargo Rigs, but the other five are not. Four of the five remainder are purely defensive platforms. These are shaped like the spokes on a wheel, and stretch over two kilometers from end to end. Each has a single large macro-cannon at the top and bottom of each spoke, with a single Lance turret on the top and bottom of the hub. These stations serve as deterrent from pirates looking to rob the Rigs.		The first ten of the Deep Voids are these Cargo Rigs, but the other five are not. Four of the five remainder are purely defensive platforms. These are shaped like the spokes on a wheel, and stretch over two kilometers from end to end. Each has a single large macro-cannon at the top and bottom of each spoke, with a single Lance turret on the top and bottom of the hub. These stations serve as deterrent from pirates looking to rob the Rigs.
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	While the star system in which Port Maxient was built, GHE848, contains no planets, that is not the case for the surrounding systems. The station was built where it was to aid in the telescopic observations of the Oldlight Exo-zone, and thus, it was ideal for there to be no astronomic bodies to obstruct the telescopes and cameras. For military purposes, this is less helpful, although it does mean that the station has unobstructed fields of fire towards all possible approach vectors.		While the star system in which Port Maxient was built, GHE848, contains no planets, that is not the case for the surrounding systems. The station was built where it was to aid in the telescopic observations of the Oldlight Exo-zone, and thus, it was ideal for there to be no astronomic bodies to obstruct the telescopes and cameras. For military purposes, this is less helpful, although it does mean that the station has unobstructed fields of fire towards all possible approach vectors.

	The nearby systems are not entirely abandoned. The Navy has learned of several small void constructs built by Imperial hands in them. These are generally built by Rogue Traders to serve as private caches of goods and equipment outside the squabbling Port. Beyond them, in the Oldlight Exo-zone proper, the Navy knows of at least twelve systems where human and alien pirates lurk within eleven light-years of the border of the Astronimican-detectable regions of space. While non-~~Nav-gated~~ Warcraft are able to travel at a distance defined only by their ship’s supply of consumables, the pace is slow enough that evading them is easy. Thus, while the Navy does go flatten these pirate bases from time to time, they know full well that there is no real way to secure them for good.		The nearby systems are not entirely abandoned. The Navy has learned of several small void constructs built by Imperial hands in them. These are generally built by Rogue Traders to serve as private caches of goods and equipment outside the squabbling Port. Beyond them, in the Oldlight Exo-zone proper, the Navy knows of at least twelve systems where human and alien pirates lurk within eleven light-years of the border of the Astronimican-detectable regions of space. While non-Navigated Warcraft are able to travel a distance defined only by their ship’s supply of consumables, the pace is slow enough that evading them is easy. Thus, while the Navy does go flatten these pirate bases from time to time, they know full well that there is no real way to secure them for good.

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Culture

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	One factor that determines much of life aboard the station is water. Port Maxient is nowhere near any place where water might be found. The station’s water supply must therefore be carefully be rationed, and any additional water that might be brought to the station by visiting merchants is treasured. With no water comets nearby and no water-bearing worlds in the system to harvest, the situation would grow dire in the case of water system failure. Thus, the Adeptus Mechanicus has a dedicated task force assigned to the station to track down any breaches in the water pipes that run through it thanks to thirsty residents of the Underguts. These priests are eager to enact lethal force against the indigents that dwell in the forgotten chambers of the huge station. Ugly rumor suggests that they may have even worked with the slaver gangs to round up Underguts dwellers and collect them for Servitorization, rather than endure further losses of water supply. The Mechanicus does maintain a massive electric water purification engine in the Croplands; that is one role the Navy gladly lets them handle. On occasion, as the crew requirements of the station have drifted up and up, the Navy has even ordered massive shipments of water from Nauphry IV to resupply the station.		One factor that determines much of life aboard the station is water. Port Maxient is nowhere near any place where water might be found. The station’s water supply must therefore be carefully rationed, and any additional water that might be brought to the station by visiting merchants is treasured. With no water comets nearby and no water-bearing worlds in the system to harvest, the situation would grow dire in the case of water system failure. Thus, the Adeptus Mechanicus has a dedicated task force assigned to the station to track down any breaches in the water pipes that run through it thanks to thirsty residents of the Underguts. These priests are eager to enact lethal force against the indigents that dwell in the forgotten chambers of the huge station. Ugly rumor suggests that they may have even worked with the slaver gangs to round up Underguts dwellers and collect them for Servitorization, rather than endure further losses of water supply. The Mechanicus does maintain a massive electric water purification engine in the Croplands; that is one role the Navy gladly lets them handle. On occasion, as the crew requirements of the station have drifted up and up, the Navy has even ordered massive shipments of water from Nauphry IV to resupply the station.

	==Factions==		==Factions==

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History

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	The disputes and conflicts over the history and operation of the station, and even its name, have reached lofty ears. While the Senate of the High Lords of Terra initially did not regard the platform as being one of any real consequence, given the larger demands on their time, it has grown in size and power since then. The sheer power of Port Maxient now, and the ever-fluctuating jurisdictional battles and expenditures it has caused, have begun to provoke discussion on Terra and Mars. To simply abandon the station, or rewrite its Arbites-approved charter, would be unthinkable, but the Senatorum Imperialis is unlikely to allow the situation to grow much worse without intervening. The last thing the High Lords want to care about now is a childish rivalry between two parties who should know better. Perhaps predictably, the Lord High Admiral Ultima and Lord Fabricator General of Mars have taken opposing sides in the political bickering that has arisen. Time alone can tell how long they choose to allow the locals in the Cloudburst backwater to squabble and spend on something so utterly irrelevant to their mission.		The disputes and conflicts over the history and operation of the station, and even its name, have reached lofty ears. While the Senate of the High Lords of Terra initially did not regard the platform as being one of any real consequence, given the larger demands on their time, it has grown in size and power since then. The sheer power of Port Maxient now, and the ever-fluctuating jurisdictional battles and expenditures it has caused, have begun to provoke discussion on Terra and Mars. To simply abandon the station, or rewrite its Arbites-approved charter, would be unthinkable, but the Senatorum Imperialis is unlikely to allow the situation to grow much worse without intervening. The last thing the High Lords want to care about now is a childish rivalry between two parties who should know better. Perhaps predictably, the Lord High Admiral Ultima and Lord Fabricator General of Mars have taken opposing sides in the political bickering that has arisen. Time alone can tell how long they choose to allow the locals in the Cloudburst backwater to squabble and spend on something so utterly irrelevant to their mission.

			==Nearby Space==
			As the Port sits at the literal edge of human-traversible space, it is tasked with the defense of the Emperor’s realm from the alien menaces of the Oldlight Exo-zone and Cloudburst Circuit. Among the nearby star systems are ones that lie well within easy telescopic observation range, but are challenging to reach thanks to Astronomican obstruction. The Imperial Navy has had frequent problems with corralling pirates that dwell in these worlds.

	==Attributes==		==Attributes==

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	Centuries passed in routine aboard the station. The Navy, quick to enforce its discipline on its crewers this far from the Emperor’s light, did make some small allowances for the needs of the people. Crewers posted here in the long term were permitted to move their families there, as were officers stationed there for decades at a time. Beyond that, some recreation areas blossomed in decks and quarters unused for the task of defense. The original storage modules for supplies, which were several times the needed space for simple border defense, hung empty at first, before slowly filling with new occupants. Generally, these occupants were non-military family of crewers, desperately seeking entertainment, and taking to building things to alleviate their boredom. The original Xerxes III was able to accommodate six of these massive modules, and since then, all six have filled with new contents.		Centuries passed in routine aboard the station. The Navy, quick to enforce its discipline on its crewers this far from the Emperor’s light, did make some small allowances for the needs of the people. Crewers posted here in the long term were permitted to move their families there, as were officers stationed there for decades at a time. Beyond that, some recreation areas blossomed in decks and quarters unused for the task of defense. The original storage modules for supplies, which were several times the needed space for simple border defense, hung empty at first, before slowly filling with new occupants. Generally, these occupants were non-military family of crewers, desperately seeking entertainment, and taking to building things to alleviate their boredom. The original Xerxes III was able to accommodate six of these massive modules, and since then, all six have filled with new contents.

	Millennia have passed since the construction of Maxient ended. Over time, no culture can remain static, and ~~so too~~ has Maxient’s populace grown more diverse. So too has its appearance, as it is now many, many times the size of a standard Xerxes III.		Millennia have passed since the construction of Maxient ended. Over time, no culture can remain static, and thus has Maxient’s populace grown more diverse. So too has its appearance, as it is now many, many times the size of a standard Xerxes III.

	The defenses of the station have been tested more than once. Since its original construction, the platform has come under substantial xenos assault on five separate occasions.		The defenses of the station have been tested more than once. Since its original construction, the platform has come under substantial xenos assault on five separate occasions.
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	Enraged but unable to deny the logic, the Mechanicus instead reached a compromise: they would add another module to the station and return its content to an even number, thus allowing the Navy to maintain control independent of the temple, which would remain theirs. The Navy found that quite agreeable, and soon enough, the station had a new fighter bay.		Enraged but unable to deny the logic, the Mechanicus instead reached a compromise: they would add another module to the station and return its content to an even number, thus allowing the Navy to maintain control independent of the temple, which would remain theirs. The Navy found that quite agreeable, and soon enough, the station had a new fighter bay.

	This pattern repeated itself again and again over the course of the ensuing millennia, as one faction chose to increase the size of the station, and the other sought to counterbalance the other’s expansion of control. Sometimes this has taken the form of co-owned modules, but most expansions are of the paired sort, built in twos and split between the two. A few specific modules and expansions have been exempted from this petty division, such as secondary reactors to power the ever-greater sprawl, but since only the Adeptus Mechanicus can operate those, the Navy is usually quick to claim other compartments onboard as compensation. Likewise, the ever-growing population of Port ~~Maxentius~~ has necessitated larger and larger facilities for the other Adeptae. In time, Adeptus Administratum tithe offices, Ministorum chapels and pilgrim residences, Arbites courthouses and even a full Precinct-Fortress have emerged from the expanding disc of metal, only to be swallowed up by its slow accretion of more, more, more.		This pattern repeated itself again and again over the course of the ensuing millennia, as one faction chose to increase the size of the station, and the other sought to counterbalance the other’s expansion of control. Sometimes this has taken the form of co-owned modules, but most expansions are of the paired sort, built in twos and split between the two. A few specific modules and expansions have been exempted from this petty division, such as secondary reactors to power the ever-greater sprawl, but since only the Adeptus Mechanicus can operate those, the Navy is usually quick to claim other compartments onboard as compensation. Likewise, the ever-growing population of Port Maxient has necessitated larger and larger facilities for the other Adeptae. In time, Adeptus Administratum tithe offices, Ministorum chapels and pilgrim residences, Arbites courthouses and even a full Precinct-Fortress have emerged from the expanding disc of metal, only to be swallowed up by its slow accretion of more, more, more.

	The ‘outer’ hull of the station rarely stays as such. When a fighter bay or repair yard, or some other function that can only work when exposed to the exterior, is swallowed up by the growth, it is generally stripped bare, its parts relocated to elsewhere, and the empty space where it had been filled with something else. At times, the station commander will attempt to outpace the metastatic expansion of the station by adding some useful new function on a spur or outgrowth at the end of a long umbilical, or even a dedicated orbital train on an enclosed solid line. Thus, the station looks like nothing more than a virion from a great distance, with blinking lights and open docking cups on long stalks sticking out of an ugly, asymmetric blob of alloy and clashing paint. Over time, the unwieldy expansion of the station gave way to somewhat more organized increases in size, with new modules being added adjacent to each other and expanding outwards in a spiral. Other times, however, the civilian residents of the station began their own expansions after buying permits from the Naval officers overseeing operations. These have included all manner of Rogue Trader and Merchant Noble houses that have wanted to add more storage, sales, and residential structures over time. Thus, there are smaller growths that simply stick out from the hull in random directions.		The ‘outer’ hull of the station rarely stays as such. When a fighter bay or repair yard, or some other function that can only work when exposed to the exterior, is swallowed up by the growth, it is generally stripped bare, its parts relocated to elsewhere, and the empty space where it had been filled with something else. At times, the station commander will attempt to outpace the metastatic expansion of the station by adding some useful new function on a spur or outgrowth at the end of a long umbilical, or even a dedicated orbital train on an enclosed solid line. Thus, the station looks like nothing more than a virion from a great distance, with blinking lights and open docking cups on long stalks sticking out of an ugly, asymmetric blob of alloy and clashing paint. Over time, the unwieldy expansion of the station gave way to somewhat more organized increases in size, with new modules being added adjacent to each other and expanding outwards in a spiral. Other times, however, the civilian residents of the station began their own expansions after buying permits from the Naval officers overseeing operations. These have included all manner of Rogue Trader and Merchant Noble houses that have wanted to add more storage, sales, and residential structures over time. Thus, there are smaller growths that simply stick out from the hull in random directions.